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Article with a bunch of numbers about the Buckeyes’ DLine pressure of the past, where they are recently and hopefully where Knowles can take them based on his Cowboys defense (4.0 sacks per game last year).
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ScriptOhio
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OHIO STATE DEFENSIVE PROBLEMS FIXED?
Put aside the offensive juggernaut Ohio State creates every single season, it’s the defense that has questions going into 2022. The Buckeyes failed to repeat as Big Ten champions, losing to Michigan in the final game of last season and missed out on the title game. New defensive coordinator Jim Knowles came in during the offseason, following a Buckeyes Rose Bowl victory. Knowles had the promise of fixing some leaks on the defensive end of things, including the pass rush. If it’s done right, Ohio State is one of the big favorites to make the playoff and contend for a national title again.
“One of the things that I see, first off in the meetings, Jim is up in front of the group and there’s a whole lot of interaction within the group,” head coach Ryan Day said. “The teaching has been really good, and it’s all tied in. All three levels. That’s what we’re seeing on the field as well.”
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ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
Ohio State fans aren't asking for much in 2022.
The Buckeyes should be favored in every game on the schedule, but no one is demanding a 15-0 record. It's like asking Santa for everything. That never works. See, we're strategic.
We would just like an okay defense this season. Maybe slightly more. The okayest defense.
Just sayin': I'm asking for a National Championship!!!
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ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
“I think J.T. and Jack both have had very good offseasons. They’ve gotten stronger, they’ve gotten faster, technique’s been better – and you saw that today,” Day said in his postgame press conference. “If they continue to build this summer, then they’re gonna be a force in the fall. I think that they’ve really taken to (Larry) Johnson and his system, too. Jim (Knowles) has a great way of kind of changing up the looks too to kind of keep the offensive guessing, and then the minute you think they’re moving, they come at you with a bull rush. So that combination of really good technique with Coach Johnson, the style and scheme that Coach Knowles has put together really fits those guys and a lot of guys on defense. There’s a bunch of guys today that showed up, but those guys have been strong.”
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ScriptOhio
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Ohio State ranked 96th in the country against the pass a season ago, giving up an average of 245.8 yards per game through the air, but cornerback play wasn’t necessarily the reason why. Denzel Burke emerged as a star at the position as just a true freshman, starting every game for the Buckeyes, and Cameron Brown showed flashes of great play at times despite battling through injuries all year.
Both of those players return in 2022, and even after the transfers of Sevyn Banks and Lejond Cavazos, Ohio State’s depth at the position looks solid with second-year corners Jordan Hancock and Jakailin Johnson stepping up and freshmen Jyaire Brown and Ryan Turner also holding their own in the spring game.
Burke and Hancock stood out in particular among the players in Tim Walton’s position room on Saturday, as both broke up two passes to account for nearly half of Ohio State’s 10 PBUs on the day.
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Jesus 6 corners counting incoming freshmen is terrifying. Pray the injury bug stays away from us this year
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Damn... it's almost like the exact same concept as "constraints" from an offensive formation / favorite play.
With ND being 1st opponent, I say let everyone think we're still garbage.
God willing it also preps the Offense better.
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